O'Donnell Awards Nomination Guidelines and Application

Application | Checklist | Technology Innovation Award

Eligibility: Medicine, Engineering and Science Awards

• Nominees must be within 15 years of first faculty appointment or of first appointment in industry (1999).
• Nominees must have spent the past two years (ending October 31, 2013) performing research or developing technology in Texas.
• Past nominees may be re-nominated.
• If a team is nominated, at least one team member must meet these eligibility standards.
• TAMEST members are not eligible for nomination.

To download a complete nomination packet, click here.

Eligibility: Technology Innovation Award

• Nominees must be continually employed in the state of Texas for the past two years (ending October 31, 2013).
• Nominees must not have exceeded age 52 at the end of the year in which the nomination is made.
• For team nominations, at least one team member must meet all eligibility requirements, and must have had substantial responsibility for the development of the technology being considered.
• TAMEST members are not eligible for nomination.

To download a complete Technology Innovation nomination packet, click here.

General guidelines

• Nominators may designate one or more award categories as appropriate, however, the O’Donnell Awards Selection Committee reserves the option to consider a nomination in any category.

• Past nominees may be re-nominated by completing the re-nomination form. Although not required, additional or updated information may be submitted for consideration in the 2014 review process.

• Eligible nominators include TAMEST members, university presidents, chancellors, vice-presidents for research, deans, or industry executives.

• If the committee elects to recognize more than one individual in a field, the $25,000 honorarium will be divided evenly among the winners and each will receive a citation and statue.

Selection process

The selection process includes reviews by the TAMEST's Awards Committee in consultation with selected national experts from the National Academies and from industry, plus a panel of Nobel Laureates from Texas. TAMEST's Board of Directors will approve the final selection of award recipients.

Content guidelines

Instructions for preparing nominations are meant to serve as guidelines; TAMEST encourages nominators to be innovative in presenting candidate accomplishments. The committee is looking for substantiation of achievements as well as significance of nominee accomplishments.